2003 - 2005 Intersessional Process

This page contains information about past official meetings of the States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention, in reverse chronological order. All meetings were held in Geneva.

Meeting of States Parties in 2005 (5 – 9 December 2005)

Meeting of Experts in 2005 (13 – 24 June 2005)

Meeting of States Parties in 2004 (6 – 10 December 2004)

The 2004 Meeting of States Parties was chaired by Peter Goosen of South Africa. It met to discuss, and promote common understanding and effective action on mechanisms for the surveillance, detection, diagnosis and combating of infectious diseases affecting humans, animals, and plants, as well as on capabilities for responding to, investigating and mitigating the effects of cases of alleged use of biological or toxin weapons or suspicious outbreaks of disease. It was attended by 89 States Parties, 5 Signatory States, 2 Observer States, 4 international organizations and 14 non-governmental organizations.

BWC/MSP/2004/1 Provisional Agenda

BWC/MSP/2004/2 Provisional Programme of Work for the Meeting of States Parties

BWC/MSP/2004/3 Report of the Meeting of States Parties

BWC/MSP/2004/L.1 Synthesis of Considerations, Lessons, Perspectives, Recommendations, Conclusions and Proposals Drawn from the Presentations, Statements, Working Papers and Interventions Made by Delegations on the Topics Under Discussion at the Meeting of Experts - Prepared by the Chairman

BWC/MSP/2004/CRP.1 Draft Report of the Meeting of States Parties

BWC/MSP/2004/INF.1 The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) - Prepared by the Secretariat

BWC/MSP/2004/INF.2 List of States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) Weapons and on Their Destruction - Prepared by the Secretariat

The 2004 Meeting of Experts was chaired by Peter Goosen of South Africa. It met to discuss, and promote common understanding and effective action on mechanisms for the surveillance, detection, diagnosis and combating of infectious diseases affecting humans, animals, and plants, as well as on capabilities for responding to, investigating and mitigating the effects of cases of alleged use of biological or toxin weapons or suspicious outbreaks of disease. It was attended by 87 States Parties, 4 Signatory States, 2 Observer States, 4 international organizations and 11 non-governmental organizations.

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/1 Provisional Agenda for the Meeting of Experts

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/2 Revised Provisional Programme of Work for the Meeting of Experts

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/2/Rev.1 Revised Provisional Programme of Work for the Meeting of Experts

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/INF.3/Summary Mechanisms Available to States Parties to Investigate the Alleged Use of Biological or Toxin Weapons and to Provide Assistance in Such Cases - Background paper prepared by the Secretariat

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/INF.3 Mechanisms Available to States Parties to Investigate the Alleged Use of Biological or Toxin Weapons and to Provide Assistance in Such Cases - Background paper prepared by the Secretariat

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/INF.4 List of states parties to the convention on the prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons and on their destruction, as at July 2004 - Prepared by the Secretariat

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/INF.5 List of Participants

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/CRP.1 Draft Report of the Meeting of Experts

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/MISC.1 Provisional List of Participants

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/MISC.2 Information Submitted by Argentina on National and Regional Institutions and Mechanisms for Disease Surveillance - Note by the Secretariat

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/MISC.3 Presentations Submitted by the United States - Note by the Secretariat

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.1 From "Farm-to-Fork" - How to Improve Surveillance of the Food Supply Chain - Submitted by Germany

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.2 Electronic Outbreak Reporting System for Public Health Surveillance in Germany - Submitted by Germany

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.3 A Procedure for Differentiating Between the Intentional Release of Biological Warfare Agents and Natural Outbreaks of Disease: Its Use in Analyzing the Tularemia Outbreak in Kosovo in 1999 and 2000 - Submitted by Germany

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.4 Rapid Procedures for the Detection of Biological Warfare Agents and Diagnosis of Related Disorders - Submitted by Germany

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.5 Reporting and Surveillance of Diseases in Germany - Submitted by Germany

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.6 Combating Infectious Diseases - The German Way to Improve Preparedness - Submitted by Germany

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.7 Enhancing International Capabilities for Responding to and Mitigating the Effects of Outbreaks of Diseases - How to Overcome Legal Problems - Submitted by Germany

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.8 German Contributions to Mitigating the Effects of Diseases - Submitted by Germany

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.13 Plant Health Surveillance in South Africa - Submitted by South Africa

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.14 Animal Disease Surveillance in South Africa - Submitted by South Africa

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.15 Cases of Alleged Use of Biological or Toxin Weapons or Suspicious Outbreaks of Disease: Enhancing International Capabilities for Responding to, Investigating and Mitigating the Effects - Submitted by South Africa

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.16 Improving International Capabilities for Responding to, Investigating, and Mitigating the Effects of Cases of Alleged Use of Biological or Toxin Weapons or Suspicious Outbreaks of Disease – The Need for Enhanced Co-Operation Between Law Enforcement, Defence, and Public Health Actors - Submitted by Sweden

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.17 A Short Introduction to the Swedish System to Manage Outbreaks of Infectious Diseases Among Humans and Animals - Submitted by Sweden

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.19 Enhancing international capabilities for responding to, investigating and mitigating the effects of cases of alleged use of biological or toxin weapons or suspicious outbreaks of diseases - Submitted by China

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.20 Tools and Technologies for the Surveillance, Detection and Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases and Intoxinations - Submitted by the United Kingdom

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.21 Prevention, Investigation and Control of Human Infectious Disease - Submitted by the United Kingdom

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.22 Animal Disease Control in the United Kingdom - Submitted by the United Kingdom

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.23 Plant Pest and Disease Control in the United Kingdom - Submitted by the United Kingdom

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.24 Safety of Food and Water in the United Kingdom - Submitted by the United Kingdom

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.47 National system of epidemiological surveillance in Ukraine - Submitted by Ukraine

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.48 System of delivering information on infectious disease incidence and outbreaks of infectious diseases in Ukraine - Submitted by Ukraine

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.49 Responding to and mitigating the effects of suspicious outbreaks of disease: System of organization of specific indication of bacterial (biological) means - Submitted by Ukraine

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.50 Prevention of occurrence of infectious diseases due to epizootic and microbiological environmental monitoring - Submitted by Ukraine

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.51/Rev.1 A modelling programme on bio-incidents - Submitted by the United Kingdom

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.52 Strengthening of the national regulatory activity as a mechanism for the surveillance, detection, diagnosis and combating of infectious diseases affecting humans, animals and plants - Submitted by the Republic of Cuba

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.53 Real-Time Symptom Surveillance – Experience in the United Kingdom Using the “Portable Remote Illness and Symptoms Monitor” (PRISM) - Submitted by the United Kingdom

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.54 Proposals for Strengthening and Broadening National and International Institutional Efforts and Existing Mechanisms for the Surveillance, Detection, Diagnosis and Combating of Infectious Diseases Affecting Humans, Animals and Plants - Submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.56 Enhancing International Capabilities for Responding to, Investigating and Mitigating the Effects of Cases of Alleged Use of Biological or Toxin Weapons or Suspicious Outbreaks of Disease - Submitted by the United Kingdom

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.57 Investigations into Alleged Use of Biological Weapons – Some Considerations Drawn from Experience in the United Kingdom for Sample Handling and Biological Analysis - Submitted by the United Kingdom

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.58 Enhancing international capabilities for mitigating the effects and provision of assistance in cases of alleged use of biological or toxin weapons or outbreaks of diseases - Submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.59 Existing mechanisms for responding to and mitigating the effects of cases of alleged use of biological or toxin weapons or suspicious outbreaks of infectious human diseases in Italy - Submitted by Italy

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.66 Canadian Federal Response to a BW Incident - Submitted by Canada

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.67 Existing mechanisms for responding to and mitigating the effects of cases of alleged use of biological or toxin weapons or suspicious outbreaks of infectious animal diseases in Italy - Submitted by Italy

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.68 Investigation - Submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.69 Definitions of Unusual and Suspicious Outbreaks of Diseases and Alleged Use - Submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.70 Human Communicable Disease Surveillance with Special Focus on Preparedness and Response for Epidemic Prone Diseases - Submitted by India

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.71 Animal disease surveillance and control in India with special reference to emerging/exotic diseases - Submitted by India

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.72 Means of enhancement of national capabilities for surveillance of, and response to, natural and deliberate outbreaks of human, animal, and plant infectious diseases - Submitted by Poland

BWC/MSP/2004/MX/WP.73 Surveillance and (Early) Detection of Infectious Diseases in Humans in the Netherlands - Submitted by the Netherlands